Patch 1.4.11 gameplay changes

[Red (Developer)]

Greetings. These are the gameplay changes made in patch 1.4.11:


General

Movement speed has been transformed into movement speed rating. The base movement speed has been increased for all heroes, while the additional possible gains are lower. The maximum movement speed should remain more or less unchanged.
Fixed a bug causing Bounty Hunters to receive the movement speed benefits of the Guerrilla Specialist innate passive twice.



Bounty Hunter

Snipe now applies the Snipe Bleed effect to all targets struck, instead of just the first one. The Snipe Bleed effect can now stack up to 3 times, instead of once.

Items:
Stalker set now causes Snipe rank 15 to be triggered when attacking.
Havoc Hood now increases the maximum amount of Tracer Ammo stacks by 5, up from 2. This change is not applied retroactively.
Igniters pistol set bonus now increases the maximum amount of Tracer Ammo stacks by 5, up from 3.


Warrior

Items:
Whirlwind Axe now causes Whirlwind to heal for 3% of maximum health when dealing damage, up from 2%.
The Cleaver now causes the warrior's basic attacks to deal 1200% more damage for 10 seconds after using Whirlwind, up from 500%.
Warlord 4 piece set bonus now triggers a more powerful version of Whirlwind than before.


Mage

The Arc Lightning effect can only stack up to 5 times, down from 10.
Paradox now increases damage dealt by 30% while active, up from 20%.

Items:
Arcanist 4 piece set bonus now increases the damage dealt to the primary target by 100%, up from 70%.
Regalia 4 piece set bonus now increases damage and decreases damage taken by 8%, down from 10% per charge.
Eridanus, Greatstaff of the Magi Cosmic Ripple ability now deals 4000% weapon damage, up from 2000%. This change is not retroactive.

[NoSuchReality]

Snipe rank 15? Does this mean utilities can upgrade to 15?

[Red (Developer)]

No, only the triggered effect uses rank 15. The regular ability is still rank 10.

[NoSuchReality]

Next obvious question, what are rank 15 stats? Rank 10 stats equal level 10 utility snipe, correct?

[Red (Developer)]

Snipe gets 400% extra weapon damage per rank. So rank 15 deals 2000% extra weapon damage than rank 10. If rank 10 is 7000% weapon damage, rank 15 is 9000%.

[Notahacker]

Elemental Mage got rekt by too many cinnamon cakes. Everyone else went to the gym and got ripped.

[sciencebzzt]

I have a Kindle Fire... The update hasn't happened yet for me, and I heard Amazon is lagging or something. Any idea when it'll happen for me?

[123Klutz]

Arcanist was already superior to ELR, what are you doing??? make all mobile players rage quit??

have you actually played Arcanist on mobile?

Do you know how many gems are needed to cover the gap between PC & Mobile?

it's ok that you ignore Mobile players in before, but now you are making p2w anbs and seasons, how come you want them to pay, if you don't allow them to win??????

[ShotDead]

Regalia 4 piece set bonus now increases damage and decreases damage taken by 8%, down from 10% per charge.

Mobile ELR Mage be like "I guess I'd just die"

[RockDoc]

I presume when it indicates a change is not retroactive it requires you to get a new gear piece that shows new stat. Otherwise all other changes are applied to existing gear pieces?

What about new level 75 gear? Will we be able to upgrade existing level 70 gear, or will we have to go farm or craft new level 75 gear?

[Nhat]

I presume when it indicates a change is not retroactive it requires you to get a new gear piece that shows new stat. Otherwise all other changes are applied to existing gear pieces?

Yes, changes to the "orange" text stuff means you need to get a new version of that item. Set bonuses, "green text" are updated for existing items...

What about new level 75 gear? Will we be able to upgrade existing level 70 gear, or will we have to go farm or craft new level 75 gear?

Cannot see anything to upgrade existing items - so you're either farming or crafting these...

[Anjaeka]

It’s ALMOST as if Radz knew all of this was going to happen. He’s been playing Arcanist mage without movement speed as a stat on boots/pants for quite a while now. He’s one of the few player who won’t have to scrap all of his celestial gear to stay on top of the LB.

[Altheo 42]

It’s ALMOST as if Radz knew all of this was going to happen. He’s been playing Arcanist mage without movement speed as a stat on boots/pants for quite a while now. He’s one of the few player who won’t have to scrap all of his celestial gear to stay on top of the LB.

I think not. I play Arcanist and having blink doesn't really need that much movespeed. I am sure he does a lot of testing before deciding the final stats. Radz

[Anjaeka]

Altheo 42 .... “ALMOST as if...”. I’m not accusing Radz of anything nefarious. If he really knew everything about the patch beforehand, he wouldn’t have made a celestial staff pre-update.
I’m happy that his strategy of going against the ELR trend has paid off.

But now that I think about it.... has anyone actually seen Radz and Travis in the same room together? Hmmmm. ; )

[duckel]

so what is mobile mage supposed to do now? decreased attack speed means i cant have enough knockback from Arc Lightning and Frost Bolt is too slow now to kill single targets coming at me. i mean, fine there is more time now between casting abilities due to less alacrity procs. but i cant use the time because mobs move too fast and there is no way to kill them with low AS. thanks for nothing i guess...